An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced Ghanaian TikToker Camilla Alhassan to one year in prison after she pleaded guilty to publishing false news and engaging in offensive conduct.

A widely circulated videos of her defaming the President of the Republic, John Dramani Mahama, led to her arrest by the Ghana Police Service and prosecution in court.

Before sentencing, the court had ordered a pregnancy test during an earlier hearing.

Camilla Alhassan admitted to publishing videos falsely claiming, without evidence, that President John Dramani Mahama buried 32 cows as part of rituals to win the 2024 general election.

Speaking after the ruling, her lawyer, Kwadwo Gyamfi Bonsu, said the court struck out the charge of electronic abuse, holding that it did not have the legal authority to determine that offence.

However, the court convicted Camilla on the count of offensive conduct and imposed a one year custodial sentence.

According to the lawyer, the defence appealed for a lighter punishment but the court indicated that the growing prevalence of such offences required a sentence that would discourage similar conduct.